If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.

Quote by Lord Byron

Topics: Writing Quotes

I'll publish, right or wrong: / Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.

I'll publish, right or wrong: / Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.

One of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no...

One of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no...

Like music on the waters is they sweet voice to me

Like music on the waters is they sweet voice to me

Lovers may be - and indeed generally are - enemies, but they never can be...

Lovers may be - and indeed generally are - enemies, but they never can be...

How little do we know that which we are! How less what we may be!

How little do we know that which we are! How less what we may be!

Friendship is love without his wings.

Friendship is love without his wings.

There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion

There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion

By headless Charles see heartless Henry lies.

By headless Charles see heartless Henry lies.

As to 'Don Juan,' confess that it is the sublime of that there sort of...

As to 'Don Juan,' confess that it is the sublime of that there sort of...

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to...

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

For when all else is done, only words remain. Words endure.

For when all else is done, only words remain. Words endure.

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely...

The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely...

I don't believe a committee can write a book. It can, oh, govern a country,...

I don't believe a committee can write a book. It can, oh, govern a country,...

The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought

The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought

I wrote a thousand words every day

I wrote a thousand words every day

Perhaps it is our perennial fate to be surprised by the simultaneity of events, by...

Perhaps it is our perennial fate to be surprised by the simultaneity of events, by...

Every piece of writing... starts from what I call a grit... a sight or sound,...

Every piece of writing... starts from what I call a grit... a sight or sound,...